Gerahead's 71 Dart
I spent most of today working in the trunk. What a mess. I will be glad when this part of the project is over. It has been hot and humid here lately, so grinding away the paint and rust has made for a really attractive complexion.
I have decided that I am only going to grind away the paint on the floor of the trunk and areas where there is surface rust or where the paint has been scratched through. I have to keep reminding myself that this is not a Barrett-Jackhole restoration! I am going to just degrease and scuff the original factory paint that is in good shape before I squirt the epoxy. The floor is in better shape than the before photos would indicate. I power washed it last fall and it removed a lot of the seam sealer and the unprotected sheet metal surface rusted afterward. I discovered a couple of pinholes in the spare tire well. It had been covered on the bottom with a hardened undercoating and there were a few surprises when I got that stuff removed. I will try to weld them up and see what happens. Otherwise, it is still in pretty good shape.
I got steel ordered last Thursday to build a rotisserie. I am stoked! :cheers: The steel will probably be here later this week. I am really looking forward to building it and being able to work on it standing up, or sitting down. I am getting so tire of crawling around inside this thing. It will make the work that I have left so much easier to do. Plus I will have it for the next projects on the waiting list.
Here are a couple of before and after shots of the work from this weekend. Still need to get the epoxy on, but that should happen in the next few days. L8r.
Jim
I spent most of today working in the trunk. What a mess. I will be glad when this part of the project is over. It has been hot and humid here lately, so grinding away the paint and rust has made for a really attractive complexion.
I have decided that I am only going to grind away the paint on the floor of the trunk and areas where there is surface rust or where the paint has been scratched through. I have to keep reminding myself that this is not a Barrett-Jackhole restoration! I am going to just degrease and scuff the original factory paint that is in good shape before I squirt the epoxy. The floor is in better shape than the before photos would indicate. I power washed it last fall and it removed a lot of the seam sealer and the unprotected sheet metal surface rusted afterward. I discovered a couple of pinholes in the spare tire well. It had been covered on the bottom with a hardened undercoating and there were a few surprises when I got that stuff removed. I will try to weld them up and see what happens. Otherwise, it is still in pretty good shape.
I got steel ordered last Thursday to build a rotisserie. I am stoked! :cheers: The steel will probably be here later this week. I am really looking forward to building it and being able to work on it standing up, or sitting down. I am getting so tire of crawling around inside this thing. It will make the work that I have left so much easier to do. Plus I will have it for the next projects on the waiting list.
Here are a couple of before and after shots of the work from this weekend. Still need to get the epoxy on, but that should happen in the next few days. L8r.
Jim
